Improvement in combined harrow, cultivator



a suitable manner a draft-chain, A. g parts constituteaharrow, asisshownby Fig. 1.

NrrnD, STATES.

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` JAooB r.. WAGNER, or MANADA HILL, rENNsYLvANrA.

IMPROVEMENT lN` COMBINED HVARROW. CULTIVATOR, .WHEELBARHOW, AND SEED.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. loll, dated August 2, 15:70.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB R. WAGNER, of

Manada Hill, in the county ot' Dauphin and,

State of Pennsylvania, have invented a Corn-l bined Harrow, Oultivator, Wheelbarrow, and

Sled 5 and I do hereby declare that the follow!l ing is a full, clear, and exact description' thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification, in whioh- .j y Figure 1, Plate 1, is a top view of the combined implement adapted for `use as a harrow. Fig. 2, Plate 1, is a topview of the combined implement adapted for use as a oultivator. Fig. 3, Plate 2, is a side elevation ofthe combined implement adapted for use as a sled. Fig.` 4.,

Plate 2, is a longitudinal section through the center ofthe implement when adapted for use as a cultivator.

be hereinafter explained, whereby by simple adjustments of the parts either a harrow, a oultivator, a sled, or awheelbarrow can be obtained, as will be hereinafter explained.

To enable others skilled in the art to understand my invention, I will explain its construction and operation.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents a rectangular frame' composed of longitudinal bars and transverse bars rigidly secured together, and provided with barrow-teeth a. Near one corner of this harrow is attached in These To the front transverse bar or beam, and at the middle of the length thereof, a draft-iron, F, issecured and adapted'for having attached to it a draft-chain. To the rear side of this front beam staples dd are secured between the longitudinal beams of the frame, and to these staples d the front ends of cultivator-teeth c c are pivoted by transverse bolts e. These curved cultivator-teeth c are all connected together by means of a transverse bar, C, and loops Z, through whichlatter the straight portions of the shanks of the teeth c pass loosely, thus al- "by adjusting the bar back beneath hooks h h,

as shown in Figs. 2 and 4., these hooks will hold thebar and the teeth c, attached to it, down in working position, as shown in Fig. 4.

To the two outside hooks, l1. h, bifurcated arms f f are pivoted, which are adapted to serve as supports and means for holding the cultivator-teeth out of working position, as`

tained Will be out of working position and out of the way in using the machine.

To the rear ends of the two intermediate longitudinalbeams A A handles or stilts B are secured by means of a transverse bolt, b. These handles can be adjusted higher or lower, a may be desired. Y

To the transverse bolt b a swinging bar, B', is pivoted by means of arms formed on its ends, which bar is designed to serve as a means for throwing up the rear end of the machine, and thus clearing the cultivator-teeth c when the latter become clogged by accumulations of trash, &c. To effect this the attendant, who

walks behind the machine and grasps the han-A dles B, turns the bar B over from behind forward. Then, as the animals move forward the machine, the bar B', remaining stationary on the ground, will lift the rear end of the machine, and thus free the teeth e. These parts (shown in Figs.42 and 4) constitute agood cultivator.

Through the front and rear ends of the outside longitudinal beams of frame A oblong holes g are made in a vertical direction, and into these holes g are tted and secured by setscrews s s the upturned extremities of two sled-4 applied by means of its standards E and a setscrew, m, as shown in Fig. 5, which adapts the machine for use as a wheelbarrow.

As a wheelbarrow, the rear handles, B, are

used. So, also, may the slcd-runners Gr G be"V used by inverting these runners and applying them to the frame A, so as to serve as side pieces, as shown in Fig. 5.

When the machine is used as a harrow, a eultivator, or a sled, the Wheel D audits standard may be detached from the machine, or arranged on top of it, as shown in Figs. l, 2, 3, and 4.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The arrangement, in a harrow, of handles B B, the eultivator-teeth c c, and the swinging, elevating, or clearing bar B', substantially in the manner and for the purpose described.

2. The gravitating swinging bar B', applied to a combined barrow and eultivator, in the manner and for the purpose described.

3. The arrangement ofthe sliding bar C, eultvator-teeth c, hooks h, and forked props or arms f upon the barrow, in the manner and for the purpose substantially asdescribed.

4. The arrangement of the harrow having handles B, the WheelbarroW-Wheel D, and the sleigh-runners G G, the several parts being constructed and arranged and operated substantially in the manner described.

JACOB R. WAGNER.

Vinesses:

DAVID F. WAGNER, JAMES J. CARROLL. 

